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Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 4:12

and now, go, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Call;   Communion;   Condescension of God;   Excuses;   Faith;   Israel;   Minister, Christian;   Moses;   Preaching;   Prophets;   Wisdom;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Inspiration;   Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionary Work by Ministers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Sinai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Moses;   Prophecy, prophet;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Aaron;   Mouth;   Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Moses;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Inspiration;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   Mouth;   Revelation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Memra;   Miracle;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for August 2;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."
King James Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Lexham English Bible
So then go, and I myself will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you must speak."
New Century Version
Now go! I will help you speak, and I will teach you what to say."
New English Translation
So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say."
Amplified Bible
"Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and will teach you what you shall say."
New American Standard Bible
"Now then go, and I Myself will be with your mouth, and instruct you in what you are to say."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore goe nowe, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth and will instruct you what you shall speak."
Contemporary English Version
Now go! When you speak, I will be with you and give you the words to say."
Complete Jewish Bible
Now, therefore, go; and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what to say."
Darby Translation
And now go, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
Easy-to-Read Version
So go. I will be with you when you speak. I will give you the words to say."
English Standard Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
Good News Translation
Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say."
Christian Standard Bible®
Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.”
Literal Translation
And now go, and I will be with your mouth, and will teach you what you shall speak.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Go now thy waye therfore, I wil be wt thy mouth, & teach the what thou shalt saye.
American Standard Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
Bible in Basic English
So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nowe go, and I wyll be with thy mouth, and teache thee what thou shalt say.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.'
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore goe, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now go and I will open thy mouth, and will instruct thee in what thou shalt say.
English Revised Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
Berean Standard Bible
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor go thou, and Y schal be in thi mouth, and Y schal teche thee what thou schalt speke.
Update Bible Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
World English Bible
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."
New King James Version
Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say."
New Living Translation
Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say."
New Life Bible
So go now. And I will be with your mouth. I will teach you what to say."
New Revised Standard
Now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore go, - and, I, will be with thy mouth, so will I direct thee, what thou shalt speak.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Go therefore, and I will be in thy mouth; and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak.
Revised Standard Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say."

Contextual Overview

10 And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.' 11 And Jehovah saith unto him, `Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah? 12 and now, go, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;' 13 and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.' 14 And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, `Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart, 15 and thou hast spoken unto him, and hast set the words in his mouth, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which ye do; 16 and he, he hath spoken for thee unto the people, and it hath come to pass, he -- he is to thee for a mouth, and thou -- thou art to him for God; 17 and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 25:4, Psalms 25:5, Psalms 32:9, Psalms 143:10, Isaiah 49:2, Isaiah 50:4, Jeremiah 1:9, Matthew 10:19, Matthew 10:20, Mark 13:11, Luke 11:1, Luke 12:11, Luke 12:12, Luke 21:14, Luke 21:15, John 14:26, Ephesians 6:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:12 - Certainly Exodus 18:19 - God shall Joshua 24:5 - sent 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord Psalms 105:26 - sent Proverbs 16:1 - and Isaiah 57:19 - the fruit Jeremiah 15:19 - as my Ezekiel 3:27 - I will Matthew 9:33 - the dumb Acts 2:4 - as Acts 6:10 - able Acts 9:15 - Go Acts 15:7 - by my Acts 18:10 - I am James 1:17 - good

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;
Genesis 4:4
and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,
Genesis 4:14
lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'
Genesis 4:17
and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch.
Genesis 4:18
And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech.
Genesis 4:23
And Lamech saith to his wives: -- `Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear [to] my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt;
Genesis 4:24
For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'
Leviticus 26:20
and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
`And those who are left of you -- I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled -- flight from a sword -- and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing.
Psalms 109:10
And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth,.... And put words into it, and cause it to speak readily and powerfully; and so it appears that he was mighty in words, as well as in deeds, Acts 7:22:

and teach thee what thou shalt say; to Pharaoh, to the Israelites, and to Aaron, that was to speak for him, as is hereafter observed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare with this our Lord’s promise to His Apostles; Matthew 10:19; Mark 13:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 4:12. I will be with thy mouth — The Chaldee translates, My WORD, meimeri, shall be with thy mouth. And Jonathan ben Uzziel paraphrases, I and my WORD will be with the speech of thy mouth. Genesis 15:1; Genesis 15:1, and "Leviticus 25:10".


 
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